Nightshifters by Tamelia Tumlin

Author:Tamelia Tumlin [Tumlin, Tamelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B009QRXC8K
Publisher: Steel Magnolia Press
Published: 2012-10-13T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Alexandru strode through the French Quarter, the street alive with the usual Friday night glitz. Bar hoppers, prostitutes and tourists. Neon signs flashed their welcome on nearly every corner. Jazz music wafted from inside various bars along the street. The sweet scent of blood pulsed through the veins of the innocents that surrounded him. Laughter and excitement exuded from their very souls. He thirsted for their vibrant lifelines, thirsted for their carefree lifestyle.

Two young women chatted in a nearby alley. Alexandru’s mouth watered. It had been a long time since he had fed the old-fashioned way. A very long time indeed. He entered the alley. The women stopped their conversation and stared in horror at the dark, looming figure blocking the entrance. One of them screamed and ran the other way. The other — a petite blonde with heavy makeup and a tight honey-colored mini-skirt — stood transfixed, unable to move. With hypnotic eyes, Alexandru beckoned the woman to him. She came. With careful control, he planted submissive thoughts in her mind until she tilted her head and allowed him full access to her lifeline.

Alexandru lowered his head, fangs lengthening, and punctured the pulse point throbbing at the nape of her neck. The woman sighed and sagged against him. He drank hungrily. Greedily. The sweet, coppery liquid warmed his throat. Still he thirsted. He took more and more, but nothing satiated his hunger. He stopped just short of taking the woman’s life. His blood turned to ice. He had only killed once before, and he had never forgiven himself for it. He would not do it again. Alexandru hated killing. Now, he rarely took a victim — and for those he did take he never took more from them than they could handle — choosing, instead, to feed at The Voodoo Den and the occasional blood bank. But seeing Rana last night had unleashed primal desires he no longer could control. He wanted her. Always had and always would. Even if it meant his death. Disgusted with himself, Alexandru lifted his head and set the woman down. He wiped the back of his hand across his mouth and with a sweep of his arm erased the woman’s memory. She would never know she had been his victim. He turned on his heel and disappeared into the night, leaving the stunned woman gasping for breath. Only one thing would satisfy him now.

Rana.

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